Box-fastening.



S. WHITEHAI'JL.

BOX FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 30,1909.

998,822; Patented July 25,1911.

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SAMUEL WHITEHALL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

BOX-FASTENING.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that l, SAMUEL VVHMEHALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBox-Fastenings, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to wire bound boxes.

One object of the invention is to provide a wire bound box withfastening members associated therewith which are so arranged as to drawall the cleats at the ends of the sides of the box toward each other, orto a common center, to insure an effectual binding of the parts of thebox together.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a boxprovided with fastening means arranged peculiarly with relation theretofor the purpose of drawing the sides of the box toward a common centerwhether the fastening means be arranged in the same plane or in oppositedirections.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form, proportion, size and minor details withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

In the drawings z-F igure 1 is a perspective View of a box illustratingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of thefastening members.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, thereference character 1 indicates the sides of a box each provided at eachend with a cleat 2, the ends of the cleats being mortised, beveled, ormiter-ed to provide for the formation of a rectangular or other shapedbox, the character 3 indicating the ends of the box.

When assembling the box, the cleats of the sides thereof are placedtogether, as are also the sides with relation to one another, and wires4 are usually passed around the box and stapled to the sides thereof, asindicated by the reference character 5. Un der certain conditions thismethod of binding the sides together is sufficient, but in the presentinstance, additional means is employed for fastening the parts of thebox together. To this end each cleat 2 is pref- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed July 30, 1909.

Patented July 25, 191i.

Serial No. 510,475.

erably provided with an inclined perforation S and when the cleats 2 areassembled, the perforations 6 of the abutting cleats will be disposed inalinement and adapted to receive the legs 7 of a substantially Ll-shapedfastening (4, whose bight portion 8 is bent, as shown, for engagementwith the outer faces of the corresponding sides of the box, the freeends of the legs 7 being twisted together, as shown at 9, in Fig. 1 forthe purpose of securing the fasteninga against displacement, there beingtwo of these fastenings a illustrated in the drawings, and while theyare shown as disposed in opposite directions, at the ends of the box, itwill be understood that they may be disposed in the same plane withoutdeparting from the spirit of the present invention.

By passing the fastening members a through the cleats and sides of thebox diagonally, as shown, the free ends of the fastening, when twistedtogether, will have a tendency to draw all four cleats at each end ofthe box and sides toward each other or to a common center. By twistingthe ends of the legs 7 of the fastening members a, the box isstrengthened and capable of maintaining the same in rigid condition whenthe box is heavily loaded. Thus the fastening members a have a two-foldfunction in that they reinforce the wires 4 to strengthen the box andalso provide for drawing the cleats and sides toward each other or to acommon center, as stated.

WVhatis claimed is 1. The combination with a box including sides and acleat secured to each side at each end thereof and provided withinclined perforations, of fastening members passed through the inclinedperforations of the cleats at each end of the box and disposeddiagonally with relation to the latter to draw the sides and end cleatstoward a common center and to fasten the sides and cleats togetheragainst torsional strain, each fastening member being U-shaped andhaving its legs disposed parallel to each other in a diagonal line withrelation to the box, each fastening member being formed of a singlepiece of material and having its terminals twisted together.

2. The combination with a box including sides having perforations, ofsubstantially U-shaped fastening members each having its legs passedthrough corresponding perforations of the sides at the ends of the boxand disposed diagonally with relation to the latter to draw the sidestoward a common center and to further fasten the sides together, thebight portion of each fastening member being bent to conform with theright angled joint between adjacent sides and to bear against both ofsaid adjacent sides, the free ends of the legs of each fastening member;being twisted together overthe right angled joint between correspondingadjacent sides of the box.

The combination with a box including sides and ends, of fasteningmembers passed through the sides at each end of the box, each fasteningmember being substantially U-shaped in formation and having its legsdisposed parallel with each other and arranged diagonally of the box,the terminals of the legs being twisted together exteriorly of the boxand each fastening upon being twisted together being adapted to draw thesides toward a common center to prevent torsional strain.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL VHITEHALL.

lVitnesses GEORGE OL'rsoH, G. M. COLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

